"Historically, Western music began to progress once composers began structuring compositions around the text and poems to which the music was set. Traditional melodies in music as we know it would not be possible were it for music historically adapting to lyrics."
This is a perfect example of Richard Wagner's the Ring Cycle and his idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk. There was this idea in his day that aesthetics kinda went in this order 1. Poetry 2. Art 3. Music. Music was last because it was purely emotional and didn't have much cognitive properties. Wagner wanted to combine all three to make the best piece of art he could.
"Historically, Western music began to progress once composers began structuring compositions around the text and poems to which the music was set. Traditional melodies in music as we know it would not be possible were it for music historically adapting to lyrics."
This is a perfect example of Richard Wagner's the Ring Cycle and his idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk. There was this idea in his day that aesthetics kinda went in this order 1. Poetry 2. Art 3. Music. Music was last because it was purely emotional and didn't have much cognitive properties. Wagner wanted to combine all three to make the best piece of art he could.
So something like The Wall then? 😜 Or at least the same ambition as such
RoundTheBendI miss the comfort in being sadProfile Ground Control
Absolutely the music. There are some songs I admire for the lyrics but the music is most important. There are plenty of songs that I love and I have no idea what they're actually talking about.
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